Snohomish County
Labor Council, AFL/CIO
Minutes of the
Meeting of May 26, 2004
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by President Chapman followed by the
Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as typed as
corrected noting that the under contract negotiations the report from SPEEA was
given by Mark Moshay, not Bob Rommel.
CREDENTIALS
- IAFF
2694: Todd Cole
- IAM
160: Kyle Kuntz, Dave Volkmann
- IBEW
46: Erick Lee
- IBEW
89: Ray Egelhoff
- Iron
Workers 86: Dave Chase
- Teamsters
38: Gary Schmidt
- Teamsters
763: David Grage
M/S/C to seat the present delegates.
Erick Lee, IBEW 46 and Gary Schmidt, Teamsters 38 were sworn in.
EXECUTIVE BOARD and STAFF REPORT
Secretary-Treasurer Sells reported on recent meetings and
events he had attended on behalf of the Labor Council. They included: Labor
Roundtables, CWU Board of Trustees; Everett Housing Authority, CLC Leadership
Meetings; Teamsters Joint Council 28; the Everett School Superintendent’s
meeting on ‘No Child Left Behind’, and the Snohomish County Citizen’s Cabinet.
He also asked delegates for feedback regarding the potential of NASCAR locating
in the north Marysville area.
Puget Sound Labor Agency-Suzanne
Moreau, Director, reported on the Snohomish County Visioning
Committee and showed a video on methamphetamine production in the county. A
presentation was made by Sheriff Rick Bart to honor three people who have been
working to reduce the use of meth in the community.
They were AFSCME 1811 JPD members: Jamie Reed, Terri Scown
and Lore Hordes. He also discussed the impact of meth
manufacturing on neighborhoods in the county.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Community Services-Suzanne Moreau, Puget Sound Labor Agency director
reported on the Letter Carriers
Food Drive that worked in partnership with the
Volunteers of America. 318,371 lbs of
food came in this year. She thanked those that helped. Other fundraising
activities for Operation Shortfall have been discussed including a paintball
tournament recommended by Jason Redrup of IAM 751.
Nancy Holland
Young, Puget Sound Labor Agency noted they were still working on a Bill Borders event. They will be sponsoring a golf
tournament on August 22nd before the WSLC Convention. A special foodbank has been set up for locked-out Darigold
workers.
Organizing-Paul Quaintance,
UFCW 1105, stated that meetings are the 2nd and 4th
Thursday of the month here at the Labor
Temple. The committee has
come up with a list of non-union establishments that could be potential campaigns,
and asked delegates if they knew if anyone worked at those establishments.
WISHA Monitoring Committee-Tom Plummer, IAM 751A
discussed issues of confusion on lost time for an injured worker that had been
locked out, as well as the emergency dump truck rule which now requires
spotters and/or tv cameras. The rule went into effect
on May 15th. He stated that a workers comp review board was
currently reviewing rules for workers compensation. Under discussion are the
following: 1. A desire by business to cash-out injured
workers. 2. A doctor’s pool that business could insist injured workers report
to. 3. Figuring the cost of medical into payments thereby cutting them. 4. Farmworker rates. 5. Doing away with figuring in pensions
in the rates. 6. 4 quarter averaging. 7. A flat rate of 54%. 8. Deregulation of
self insured with the company having a right to medical files.
He also
noted the use by farmers of retro funds being used to sue WISHA to keep them
from inspections.
M/S/C to extend meeting for 20 minutes.
COPE
Clyde Hayashi, AFL/CIO presented the Working Families Toolkit
which is on line and available to affiliates. Bob Gorman, AFL/CIO State
Director spoke on the Working Families Toolkit
The Secretary-Treasurer noted that the following motions were
made from the floor at the last meeting for the purpose of voting on them at
this meeting. Secretary-Treasurer excused himself from the meeting for the COPE
vote because it directly affected the House race he is in. Notes for the COPE
endorsement were taken by Vice President Jackie
Boschok.
M/S/F to recommend to the WSLC the endorsement of David
Simpson for 38th District, House, Pos. 2
M/S/C to recommend to the WSLC
endorsement of Robert Alsdorf for State Supreme
Court.
Chris Glenn, WSLC Labor Co-ordinator
spoke about the June 7 to June 27 Spring Walk. We will be doing Labor/Neighbor
after that into November.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS-None
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing Reports
Leonard Kelley, IBT 38, reported on Smokey
Point Concrete organizing. They make $3.00 to $6.00 an hour less than union
companies. He has a petition signed for an election, and they will be holding a
support rally on June 16th out in Arlington at 5:30 AM in the morning in front of the company.
Contract Negotiations
UFCW 1105- Paul Quaintance,
UFCW 1105, asked delegates to take the UFCW dollars and use them to show
support for the locals involved in the current grocery negotiations.
Other Local activities-No further reports
NEW BUSINESS-No further new business
GOOD OF THE ORDER
David Simpson, thanked the Council
for giving him a few minutes. He noted that he was a member of Labor and had
gone to Olympia.
He stated that he served Everett, Marysville and the Tulalip
Reservation.
Community Services Drawing winner:
Chris Glenn, SPEEA
Adjourned at 7:46
PM
COMMUNICATIONS
From Washington State
Labor Council, AFL/CIO
- 5/18/04 Rick S.
Bender, President & Diane McDaniel, Political Director re assistance for Labor 2004
- 5/24/04 Rick S Bender,
President, re: Elsie Schrader Award and National Employment Law Project
From AFL/CIO
- 4/29/04 John J.
Sweeney, President, re followup on Show Us the
Jobs tour
- 5/3/04 John J. Sweeney,
President, re House and Senate Democratic Immigration Reform bills
From Local Unions and Councils
- 5/11/04,
e mail from Mike Hatfield, President, UFCW 44; Mike Williams, President,
UFCW 81; Teresa Iverson, President, UFCW 367; Paul Festag,
President, UFCW 381; Sharon McCann, President, UFCW 1105, thank you to Sec
Treas for speaking at Solidarity Suite on
Friday, April 30th
- Undated,
SPEEA Everett Office Staff thanking SCLC in joining them for their Open
House
From Officials
- 4/22/04 Ray Stephanson, Mayor, City of Everett thanking the Sec Treas for his help with the 10th
Anniversary of the Naval Station celebration.
- 5/12/04 Maria
Cantwell, U.S. Senator, re:unemployment benefits
legislation
From Candidates
- 5/9/04 Jim Moeller for
State Rep, 49th District, soliciting support
- 5/18/04 Brian
Weinstein, 41st District State Senate, soliciting support
- 5/19/04 Daniel J.
Evans and Associates, re: support for Vaska for
Attorney General, R
- Undated,
Mary Helen Roberts, 21st District House, campaign kickoff, June
6th, South County Senior
Center, Edmonds, WA
- Undated,
Mary Kay Becker for State Supreme Court, campaign kickoff on May 25th
- Undated,
John Lovick, 44th District House, campaign kickoff on June 18th,
6 PM to 9 PM at 2403 – 157th Place SE,
Mill Creek, WA
- Undated,
Jean Berkey, State Senate, 38th District, campaign kick-off on
May 27th at 5:30 PM
at the Marine
View Banquet
Center, Northwest
Room
From Organizations
- 4/23/04
Randy Revelle, Chairman, Washington Coalition
for Insurance Parity asking us to continue support for mental health
parity in Washington State.
- 5/3/04 Ross K. Rieder, President, Pacific Northwest Labor History
Association re: May 21-23 conference at the University of Oregon.
- 5/17/04,
Edwin R. Petersen, Executive Director and Deborah Harris Bolton, thanking
Council for donation and Sec Treas for attending
Stone Soup event on May 14th.
- Undated,
Snohomish County Center
for Battered Women soliciting donations
From Individuals
- From
Dylan and Christine Malone thanking SCLC for remembrance cards sent for
their son who died recently.
ATTENDANCE:
AFSCME 109:
AFSCME 109E: Robert Mueller, Shawn Smith, Scott
White
AFSCME 109S:
AFSCME 113:
AFSCME 1811:
AFSCME 1811C:
AFSCME 1811CA: Jay Fraser, Patty Goins,
Myrsa Montoya
AFSCME 1811JPD: Chris Harper
AFSCME 1811JS:
AFSCME 1811PA: David Kurtz
AFSCME 1811S:
AFSCME 881:
AFSCME 948:
AFSCME 1020:
AFSCME 1355:
AFSCME 2753:
AFSCME 2964:
AFT 772: Kim Mead, Mike Sells
AFT 1873:
AFT 4254: D. J. Wilson
APWU 484:
ATU 883:
ATU 1576: Dick McManus
GCIU 767M:
HERE 8:
IAFF 46: Robert Downey
IAFF 1984:
IAFF 2694:
IAM 130: David Volkmann
IAM 751A: Bob Neumann, Tom Plummer, Jason Redrup, Bruce Spalding
IAM 751C: Gregory Powell
IAM 751E:
IAM 751F: Jackie Boschok,
Duanne Roope
IATSE 15:
IBEW 46: John Fraine, Erick Lee,
Bill Mirand
IBEW 77: Peg Chrisman
IBEW 89: Mike Ferrucci
IBEW 191: Darrell Chapman, Travis Patterson, Jeff Seibert
IBT 38: Leonard Kelley, Rick Olson
IBT 763:
IBU/ ILWU:
IFPTE 17:
ILWU 32:
IUOE 302:
IUPAT DC 5:
IW 86:
IW 506:
LIUNA 292: Hazel Goehring
NALC 791:
National Writers Union:
OPEIU 8:
OPEIU 277:
PacNW Newspaper Guild:
SEIU 775:
SEIU 925: Toni Bohan
SEIU 1199NW: Steve Moll
SMIU 66:
SPEEA: Steven Bish, Tim Bond,
Chris Glenn, Joe Lake, Mark Moshay, Roger Pullman,
Alan Rice, Bob Rommel, David Simpson, Kurt Schuetz
UA 26:
UFCW 44:
UFCW 141, USNU:
UFCW 1001:
UFCW 1105: Nancy Holland-Young, Paul Quaintance,
Arthur Rice
Excused Delegates
AFSCME 1811CA: Jay Crockett
IAM 751C: Hank Getchman, Rod Sigvartson
IAM 751F: Judy Neumann
IBT 38: Mike Campbell, Janine Dibble, Chuck Jewell, Barry
Lund
LIUNA 292: Jim Smith
Guests
Rick Bart, Snohomish
County Sheriff
Bob Gorman, AFL/CIO
Clyde Hayashi, AFL/CIO
Lore Hordes, AFSCME 1811JPD
Lonnie Moore, IUPAT
Suzanne Moreau,
Director Puget Sound Labor Agency
Jamie Reed, AFSCME 1811JPD
Terri Slown, AFSCME 1811JPD
.